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Специфика колымского юмора
Peculiarproperties of „Kolyma humour”

Author(s): Česlav Gorbačevskij
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Kolyma humour; memory; tragedy; documentary;

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the problem of „Kolyma humour”. This term is consider by formers Kolyma political prisoners such as Varlam Shalamov, Daniil Alin, Georgiy Demidov, ZalmanRoomer, Wernon Kress, Juriy Dombrowskiy etc. „Kolyma humour” as definition sounded quite absurdly with reference to slavish condition of existence huge quantity deprived elementary civil rights people. Through „Kolyma humour” everyone can see the extremely cruel attitude so called „friends of people” to „enemies of people”. As a result: only human with fatal deformed consciousness has ability for understanding such kind of non-human humour, called „Kolyma humour”.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: XVIII
  • Page Range: 35-45
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian